Watched a lot of reviews on YouTube and decided to buy these earbuds for him. In fact, I would prefer them to be tight now than being too loose after extended use. Please see pics for reference. 20 YEARS! (note the room in the pic) Then the company follows up with a note explaining this. After an hour or so, I got the hang of it. This one had the exact same problem as the first one (very low audio output from PC usb port). DO NOT expect the brim to just be uniformly flat the whole way around, this isnt how the hat works natively. But, each and every one of them has the great, supportive Alegria foot bed. The bell doesn?t have these side shields so it was new to me.